A six-figure pension for life.

Wouldn’t it be nice to keep getting paid for a job long after you chuck it in or get fired? Such is one of the many perks afforded to a former Prime Minister.

The annual pension paid to former PMs is determined by several factors, including the length of their service and the positions they held over that time. But let’s just say, none are exactly slumming it.

Julia Gillard, for example, reportedly receives around $200,000 a year, while Tony Abbott takes home $307,542.

And that doesn’t include…

Entitlements. Which are also for life.

The Members of Parliament (Life Gold Pass) Act of 2002 allows former prime ministers who have left parliament to be provided with “a number of facilities at the discretion of the prime minister of the day”.

This generally means they can claim for domestic travel (as long as it’s a regular scheduled service), car costs, office facilities, office admin, telecommunications, plus family travel. And that lasts until they die.

Laughing. Former PMs Bob Hawke and John Howard. Image: Getty.

The latest report available, which covers 1 January - 30 June 2016, revealed the biggest spender to be John Howard. He racked up a bill of $152,970.46 in six months, including $112,434.42 for his Sydney office.